Sioux Fall AAR

We walked into the show with respectable rolls of Benjamins safety-pinned to our skivvies.   The two pals and I left with a total expenditure of less than $20.  (Mine added up to $8 -- a factory extended magazine for the SW 59 and a sheath for the Camillus air crew "survival" knife.)

That is to say, the prices left us gasping.

M1 carbine prices seem to have stabilized at $750-$950, and that's the end of the good -- or non-horrifying, at least --  news.

There were dozens of 1911A1s. I didn't see one tagged at less than $2,000, and $3,000 would not have purchased the best Remington-Rand there.

The old Winchester lever guns and Colt SAAs were gold. Example: A fair-to-good Winchester 1892 in .25-20 at $6,500. It was easily possible to loophole a  Peacemaker which appeared to be an outhouse dugup for $7,500.

If I were panicky about TEOTWAWKI  I would go back  today with every interesting old weapon I own and trade them for a few hundred Hi-Points.

On the other hand, domestic beer in Adrian is still just $3, but the ethanol subsidies may not yet have worked their way into that market yet.

Head 'em up nd move 'em out

Westward, ho. This  weekend's entertainment occurs in the prairie oasis of Sioux Falls. It a biggie, several hundred tables of delectable old stuff. Shake out your loopholes, buckaroos.



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It will be interesting to see how new dog Libby gets along with the house sitter .

As in "Libbytarian." Get it? Huh? Huh? Get it?

:)

Lawyer stuff.

Some things make a guy question his assumptions.


1. The state of Iowa took away a woman's kids.

2. She hired a Waterloo lawyer to get them back.

3.  Attorney and client spent some of their office conference time making two-backed beasts. (It is unclear who, if anyone,  billed whom for those hours.)

4.  Ms. Client had second thoughts and filed an ethics complaint.

5. About a month later, Ms. Client had third thoughts and married the guy.

6. Ms. Client or the esquire then  had fourth thoughts and, in about six weeks, became divorced..

7. This week, the Iowa Supreme Court lifted his law license for 18 months.

There's no word in the news report about who gets the kids. 
My anti-statist  principles are shaken to their roots with the notion  that, in this case, maybe the politicians and bureaucrats could serve the tykes better than mother,  lawyer, or any friends the two are likely to have.

This will not end well

The Headline is: 


"Pepsi Honors Women by Launching Skinny Cans."


The company marketing expert fleshes it out:


"Diet Pepsi has a long history of celebrating women through iconic fashion imagery seen in our infamous and historical campaigns, and we're proud to continue that tradition as an official sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Our slim, attractive new can is the perfect complement to today's most stylish looks... ." 


Infamous? (giggle)


If I owned  stock in Pepsico, I would sell it.